Potato slicer



Aug. 31, 1943. L PERRQNE 2,328,487

PoTATo SLIGER Filed Deo. 26, 1942 fa f 2 .il .W

INVENToR. Zz Jf//y @feo/yf A BY i Patented Aug. 31, 1943 NUNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE POTATO SLICER J elm Perrone, New York, N. Y.

ApplicationlDecember 26, 1342, Serial No'. 470,197

l Claim.

This invention relates to potato Slicers, and aims to provide such a device having means whereby the thickness of the slices desired may be varied at will between limits.

That a potato Slicer which would readily slice a whole potato at a single operation would be a useful article is obvious, as it would entail a substantial saving of time, whether used in the home, in restaurants, or in camps Where large numbers of potatos must be sliced for a meal. For reasons which need not be stated, it would also be desirable that such va device permit the slicing to be done to produce selectively variable thicknesses of the slices.

This invention provides means not only for the slicing of a whole potato in a single operation, but further provides means for varying the distance between successive blades or cutters at will so that the resultant slices will be of the desired predetermined thickness.

Another object of the invention is the provision of such a device in a form which is eflicient and practical in operation and at the same time inexpensive in cost of manufacture.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing which forms a part thereof. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended for purposes of illustration only, and it is neither intended nor desired to limit the scope of the invention necessarily to the specific details of construction set forth.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the device taken on the line I-I of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a .cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional View taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the device comprises a p-air of spaced upright side walls I0 and II joined by spaced cross members I2, I3, I4, and I5. At the four corners legs IS of any desired height are secured to the walls IIJ and II in any desired manner, and they may be provided with rubber feet I'I. Near the lower edges of the walls ID and II, and on the inner opposed sides thereof, a pair of parallel strips I8 are secured, as by screws I9. A plurality of equally spaced bores 20 are provided in a. line through each of the strips I8, and directly behind the line of holes 20 a groove 2I is cut into the walls IIJ and II. In the end holes 20, pins 22 extending from the edges of guide walls 23, 'are rotatably mounted. In the remaining holes 20, between the end holes, pins extending from the edges of cutter blades 25, are rotatably mounted. Similar pins 26 extend from the edges of the blades 25 at the rear ends thereof.

A second pair` of strips 2T, substantially identical to the first pair I8, are similarly provided with a plurality of aligned holes equally spaced as before, and these strips 2'I are loosely mounted between the blade edges and the respective walls IIl and I I, with the pins 26 registering in the holes 28, as illustrated, in such manner that all of the blades are maintained parallel with each other and the space or distance between any two mutually adjacent blades is the same as that between any other two. In the ends holes 28 of the strips 21, pins 29 extending from the edges of the guides 23, are rotatably mounted, and thus these walls are also maintained parallel with the blades 23 and the distance between the inner surface of each wall 23 and its adjacent blade 25 is maintained equal to that between any two successive blades. At the extremities of the strips 21, holes 30 are provided therethrough into which pegs 3l are insertable. At the extremities of the strips 2l, a series oi arcuately spaced holes 32 are bored into the walls I0 and II, into which the reduced stems of the legs 3l are selectively registrable.

From the above discussion it is apparent that structure has been set forth by means of which the spacing of the cutter blades 25 may be readily varied. Assuming that the blades and guide walls 23 are inthe position shown in full lines in Figure 1, and a potato is forced between the guide walls onto the blades 25, either by hand or by the aid oi a follower, not shown, the blades will shear through the potato and slices will be cut, which can be passed through to come out at the lower edges of the blades, Figure l. The thickness of the slices thus cut will be equal to each other and to the distance between adjacent blades, as shown. The pegs 3|, which were in place as shown in Figure 1, restrained the strips 2l against movement, and thus maintained the spaced relationship between the blades.

When it is desired to vary the distance between the blades in order to obtain thinner slices, the pegs 3l. are removed from the holes 32 in which they first registered and the blades are all swung into a new position such as, for instance, that shown in broken lines in Figure l, and the pegs are then set into the appropriate new holes 32, whence the blades are locked in their new positions with the spaces between them reduced, so that a potato now forced through them between the guides 23 will produce thinner slices. It should be observed that the guide walls 23 always swing in unison with the blades during adjustment of the latter, so that in whatever new positions the blades may be, the guide walls serve in the same manner to guide the potato toward the blades.

Instead of being stood upright on the legs I6, the device may just as well be used by laying it on its side on a table, and the potatoes are then forced through it laterally; in fact, it could .be designed for such use and the legs could then be omitted.

Obviously, modications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The device may also obviously be applied to cut other articles than potatoes.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising a frame having a plurality of spaced substantially rectangular members pivotally mounted therein, means for positioning and maintaining said members in parallel relationship with each other, said means being movable to Vary the distances between said members, means for releasably locking said movable means in any of a plurality of positions, the outermost of said plurality of members being longer than the others thereof, said others of said members having their forward edges sharpened to provide blades, said outermost members serving as guide walls to guide toward said blades a potato or the like which is adapted to be forced between said guide Walls.

J CHN PERRONE. 

